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On the same day, British Airways launched its much-anticipated Concorde service from London’s Heathrow Airport to the Kingdom of Bahrain. This Concorde flight lasted just over four hours. The same route required more than six hours in a subsonic airliner. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
With one refueling stop in Dakar, the inaugural Air France Concorde flight required just seven hours. A nonstop flight on a subsonic Boeing 747 during this time required more than eleven hours. #SSTTimeMachine #AvGeek This tweet was posted on April 28, 2023.
📸: poster: Airbus A380; 2007 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2007.093.007.001-.002 https://t.co/4dR8k66CG9 model airplane: Emirates Airline, Airbus A380-800; 2014 Transfer from San Francisco International Airport 2014.167.042 a b https://t.co/ytAOpT8XmC This tweet was posted on April 27, 2023.
Colombian-Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (b. 1973) trained at the Royal Ballet School of Antwerp, Belgium. She danced for twelve years before becoming a choreographer in 2003. #SFBalletAt90 @SFBallet #Ballet This tweet was posted on May 01, 2023.
Joyce Hsu is a Bay Area artist best known for her mechanized creatures that inhabit a fantasy world of the artist’s creation. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
See "Namoo House” by Joyce Hsu post-security in International Terminal A and online at: https://t.co/BNpmPynPvd #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
The graphic background is a stylized aerial view of SFO’s runways and terminals. The flowers and insects are reminiscent of model airplanes coming in for a landing. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
“Namoo” is a Korean word that implies nature. The title of “Namoo House” by Joyce Hsu suggests that the airport fuses science, nature, and imagination to become the transit home for all travelers. #JoyceHsu #APAHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #publicart @SFAC This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
📸: R.O.N. kit cover: Hughes Airwest, His; 1970s Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2002.035.681 a l https://t.co/KHkn32DFYq This tweet was posted on May 02, 2023.
Born in India and raised in Chicago, writer and director Amrita Singh presents the story of thirteen-year-old Aishwarya Narayanan who questions the meaning of success while vying for a spot at the prestigious National Spelling Bee. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #AAPIHeritageMonth https://t.co/YYqdrkCe9M This tweet was posted on May 04, 2023.
Downwasting is a glaciological term referring to the thinning of a glacier due to the melting of ice. The term’s use in this series references the production site of the image while emphasizing the loss of these places due to climate change. #JonathanMarquis This tweet was posted on May 05, 2023.
📸: amenity kit: United Airlines, Polaris class, Star Wars; 2019 Anonymous gift 2021.020.0887 a h This tweet was posted on May 04, 2023.
Based in Vancouver, Korean Canadian director and editor Kevin Jin Kwan Kim portrays the experience of a Korean Canadian youth, Daniel “Jun Ho” Lee, as he wrestles with his identity after immigrating to Canada. #VideoArts #VideoArtsSFO #KevinJinKwanKim #AAPIHeritageMonth https://t.co/7u1nVwW4MO This tweet was posted on May 11, 2023.
Safety information was provided to passengers from the earliest days of commercial aviation. Yet, not until 1965 did the FAA mandate airlines to provide each passenger with a safety information card. For ease of understanding, the cards are now mostly illustrations. #52objects This tweet was posted on May 15, 2023.
Also called a talking board, Ouija boards have their roots in Spiritualism, a belief in the ability of the dead to communicate with the living. #HappyHalloween #OuijaAndBeyond This tweet was posted on October 31, 2022.
In 1933, Marguerite Wildenhain and her husband Frans moved from Germany to the Netherlands and opened a pottery. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, she immigrated to the U.S. and taught at the @CACollegeofArts in Oakland. #CaliforniaModernistWomen #MargueriteWildenhain This tweet was posted on October 31, 2022.
In “On the Air” by Lewis deSoto, one can literally traverse the earth, walking “on the air” and tracing a path from location to location. Different aspects of the artwork represent different aspects of traveling. #LewisdeSoto #PublicArt #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth This tweet was posted on November 01, 2022.
Obert Mukumbi’s brother Kennedy Musekiwa, an accomplished sculptor, encouraged him to work in stone at the young age of twelve to express his feelings and earn a respectable living. He gained further training from sculptor Richard Magwenzi. #ZimbabweSculpture This tweet was posted on October 28, 2022.
RT @flySFO: SFO Celebrates Dia de los Muertos in Harvey Milk Terminal 1 with a beautiful altar and live performances Wednesday through Frid… This tweet was posted on November 01, 2022.
Some claimed that spirits dictated entire books to them via the Ouija board. Others turned to talking boards to seek advice about their love lives or for guidance during troubled times. Have you ever played with a Ouija board? #HappyHalloween #OuijaAndBeyond This tweet was posted on October 31, 2022.
Zimbabwe boasts an abundance of stone deposits throughout the country and a unique, artistic tradition of stone carving. Each sculpture expresses the artist’s imagination and ingenuity. #ZimbabweSculpture This tweet was posted on October 28, 2022.
📸: airmail flight cover: Pan American Airways, first Pacific survey flight, California - Hawaii and return route; 04/16/1935 Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.2307 a b https://t.co/yJyeUMS19E This tweet was posted on November 01, 2022.
"Geneva" is a series by photographer Kari Orvik that offers a glimpse into San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood at the corner of Mission Street and Geneva Avenue. This has been the location of the artist’s tintype studio for the past 8 years. #KariOrvik #Geneva #SFHistory This tweet was posted on November 04, 2022.
A resident of the Mission for over twenty years, Orvik has developed relationships with other residents and small business owners in the neighborhood, photographing them both on the street corner and in her studio. #KariOrvik #Geneva #SFHistory This tweet was posted on November 04, 2022.
In the 1990s, Qantas operated a large fleet of Boeing 747-400 widebody airliners. With a range of more than 7,000 miles, the aircraft was ideal for flying just over 400 business travelers and tourists swiftly and in comfort between Oceania and North America. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
In this short by Gwich’in filmmakers Princess Daazhraii Johnson and Alisha Carlson, a grandfather’s lesson demonstrates how reciprocity is embedded in all aspects of their lives through an exploration of the vital connections between the caribou and their community. #VideoArtsSFO This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
One of these Boeing 747-400 was renamed and painted in a special livery in 1994 called Wunala (kangaroo) Dreaming to celebrate the art and culture of the indigenous Yanyuwa people from Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. #FlyingSouthernCross This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
Republic Airlines was formed as a result of a merger between North Central Airlines and Southern Airways in 1979 and was based at Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The same year, Hughes Airwest was targeted it for a takeover by Republic. #DefunctThursday #RepublicAirlines #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 03, 2022.
Save the date! Global hero and fearless pilot, Captain Chelsea B. “Sully” Sullenberger will be in person for a free screening of the documentary film “Miracle Landing on the Hudson” at the Aviation Museum and Library on November 17 at 6pm. RSVP is a must: https://t.co/UGRjPiW4tC This tweet was posted on November 02, 2022.
#Onthisday in 2017, United Airlines’ last scheduled Boeing 747 flight departed from SFO. Recreating the journey of the first United 747 flight from SFO to Honolulu in 1970, the airline threw a farewell party. #avgeek #UA747Farewell This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
Before any objects go on display, they receive a thorough inspection from our conservator. Our upcoming exhibition, celebrating the centennial of San Francisco Opera (@SFOpera) features different 10 costumes. Stay tuned for more #BehindTheScenes! #SFOperaCentennial #sneakpeek This tweet was posted on November 07, 2022.
Each year, over half a million students, ages eleven through thirteen, participate in creating peace posters, which allows children to express their visions of peace while inspiring amity through art and creativity. #StudentArtSFO #LionsClub #PeacePosters This tweet was posted on November 04, 2022.
For the past thirty-four years, Lions Clubs around the globe have sponsored a unique art contest in schools and youth groups that provides students the opportunity to promote peace. #StudentArtSFO #LionsClub #PeacePosters This tweet was posted on November 04, 2022.
The series is a personal inquiry and a poetic interpretation of place across multiple photographic formats. Orvik uses 19th-century wet plate collodion processes on metal and glass plates, traditional black and white and color film, and digital formats. #KariOrvik #Geneva This tweet was posted on November 04, 2022.
We haven’t seen a voting machine like this in a long time; if you look closely, you’ll find an interesting assortment of state and city propositions on the 1962 ballot. Remember to cast your ballot today! #vote #voting #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on November 08, 2022.
By the end of 1962, the service grew to 100 flights a day. In 1963, the company received the first permanent certificate issued by the C.A.B to any helicopter carrier. #DefunctThursday #SFOHelicopter #AvGeek This tweet was posted on November 10, 2022.